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Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: Sealed With a Kiss

I was reminiscing about the 60s recently, and about how much fun it was in the summertime when school was finally out and how much fun it was to ride my bicycle through the orange-tree-lined road down to Corona del Mar to splash around in the ocean and swim out to a...
Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: Johnny’s Garden

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: Johnny’s Garden

It’s that time of the year when we need to start making your home and mine safe from the ravages of a wildfire. which could occur at any moment now that weeds and chaparral have grown taller than an elephants eye due to the recent heavily wet storms followed by heat...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: “Raindrops”

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: “Raindrops”

As I was driving up to the dump just before the rainstorm, all up and down Kuffel Canyon, those beautiful Dogwood Trees were in full bloom… Bow wow! Those blooming trees were so beautiful this year. Those dogwoods have been so bountiful, I guess ‘cause we didn’t get...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: The Taxman Cometh

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: The Taxman Cometh

It’s that time of the year, that dreaded time of the year again, when the tax man comes knock, knock, knocking at your door. Let me tell you how it will be, here’s one for you, nineteen for me, cause I’m the Taxman, yeah, I’m the Taxman. (The Beatles, 1966) It’s a...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: Albert the Kat

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: Albert the Kat

It’s springtime and my cat, Albert, has been aching to go outside and enjoy this nice weather. Ya’ know when he wants to exit our home. (OK, who is trained here?) He just jumps up on the back of the couch and puts his furry paw on the door handle like he plans on...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Little Red Rooster

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott – Little Red Rooster

They say “April showers bring May flowers,” and we’ve already seen the daffydils bloom early this year. The tulips have come up profusely now too. But I fear this week’s light showers probably will make those dern weeds I’ve already spent a week whacking grow high...

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: That’s Amore

Mountain Musings with Uncle Mott: That’s Amore

According to astronomers, Asteroid Apophis, a ~340-meter (1,115 ft) near-Earth object will make an exceptionally close, safe flyby on April 13, 2029, passing within 32,000 km (20,000 miles) of Earth, closer than many geo-stationary satellites, only a short three years...

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